Abstract:We investigated the rare events of sunward (westward) sub‐auroral ion drifts (SAID) development in the dawn magnetic local time (MLT) sector by utilizing horizontal ion velocity measurements collected by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F16 spacecraft. We surveyed the 2‐year time period of 2016–2017 and found only 15 SAID detections made in the 3–6 MLT sector over the northern winter hemisphere: seven in 2016 and eight in 2017. Results show that the dawnside SAID developed poleward of the ring‐curr… Show more
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